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| Keywords: SBD lands after attacking Kaga.jpg A U S Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless scout bomber BuNo 4542 of Bombing Squadron Six VB-6 from USS Enterprise CV-6 after landing on USS Yorktown CV-5 at about 1140 hrs on 4 June 1942 during the Battle of Midway This plane damaged during the attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga that morning landed on Yorktown as it was low on fuel It was later lost with the carrier Its crew Ensign George H Goldsmith pilot and Radioman 1st Class James W Patterson Jr are still in the cockpit Note damage to the horizontal tail Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/midway/NH-100740 html NH 100740 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1942-06-04 U S Navy thumb left PD-USGov-Military-Navy Kaga ship 1928 Douglas SBD Dauntless Battle of Midway US forces | ||||
